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This is a collection of the most common modes used in amateur radio.
This is a collection of the most common modes used in amateur radio.


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''In analog modes, some property of the carrier wave is changed continuously in response to a continuously varying input. This is most commonly used to encode sound information, but can in principle encode nearly any type of information; analog modes exist to transfer images (facsimilie and SSTV) and video (analog television).''
''In analog modes, some property of the carrier wave is changed continuously in response to a continuously varying input. This is most commonly used to encode sound information, but can in principle encode nearly any type of information; analog modes exist to transfer images (facsimilie and SSTV) and video (analog television).''


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<center>{{:Analog modulation bar}}</center>
*[[Double sideband suppressed carrier]]
*[[Double sideband suppressed carrier]]
*[[Fast scan television]]
*[[Fast scan television]]
*[[Frequency Modulation]]
*[[Frequency modulation]]
*[[Narrow bandwidth television]]
*[[Radiofax]]
*[[Radiofax]]
*[[Single Sideband]]
*[[Slow scan television]]


===Digital modes===
===Digital modes===
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<center>{{:Digital modes bar}}</center>
*[[Ardop]]
*[[Ardop]]
*[[FSQ]]
*[[FST4]]
*[[FST4]]
*[[FST4W]]
*[[FST4W]]
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*[[JT65]]
*[[JT65]]
*[[MSK144]]
*[[MSK144]]
*[[M17]]
*[[POCSAG]]
*[[POCSAG]]
*[[Q65]]
*[[Q65]]
*[[VARA]]
*[[VARA]]
*[[VARAC]]


===Digital voice modes===
===Digital voice modes===
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*[[OpenDV]]
*[[OpenDV]]
*[[Yaesu System Fusion]]
*[[Yaesu System Fusion]]
===Digital Networks===
* [[AREDN]] — a mesh networking protocol.
* [[HamWAN]] — a routed networking protocol.


==Sources==
==Sources==
*https://www.hamradioschool.com/post/loads-of-modes
*https://www.hamradioschool.com/post/loads-of-modes

Latest revision as of 22:48, 4 March 2024

This is a collection of the most common modes used in amateur radio.

A radio wave can be made to carry information such as sound, text, images or digital data, and a mode is a specific method for for encoding information on a radio wave, in this context known as the "carrier". A mode consists of a modulation and associated procedures.

The modulation is the specific way that the carrier wave is modified or "modulated" in order to encode information. The procedures are the rules that are agreed-upon by all users of a mode that ensures the information is universally understood and transferred successfully.

Analog modes

In analog modes, some property of the carrier wave is changed continuously in response to a continuously varying input. This is most commonly used to encode sound information, but can in principle encode nearly any type of information; analog modes exist to transfer images (facsimilie and SSTV) and video (analog television).

Analog modulation


Amplitude modulation (AM)

Single sideband (SSB)

Slow scan television (SSTV)

Digital modes

In digital modes, the carrier wave is only allowed to change between discrete states, called symbols. These symbols encode the information to be transferred, which is usually text but which can also include sounds, images, videos or other files.

Digital modes


Contestia

CW

DominoEX

FT4

FT8

Hellschreiber

MFSK

Olivia

PSK

Radioteletype

THOR

THROB

WSPR

Digital voice modes

Digital Networks

  • AREDN — a mesh networking protocol.
  • HamWAN — a routed networking protocol.

Sources